JP2012081850A - Fender panel fixing structure of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle fender panel fixing structure capable of preventing bending of a fender panel without incurring an increase in cost due to an increase in the number of parts and a deterioration in attachment and detachability of the fender panel.
As a fixing structure of a vehicle fender panel 6 having a fixed window 4 formed in a front pillar, a glass molding 14 is attached to the periphery of a glass 13 of the fixed window 4, and the fender panel 6 is attached to the glass molding 14. A configuration is adopted in which a groove 14 a into which the edge of the fender panel 6 is inserted is formed, the edge of the fender panel 6 is inserted into the groove 14 a, and the edge is supported by the glass molding 14. The groove 14 a is formed on the vehicle outer side of the glass 13 of the fixed window 4, and the upper edge of the flange 6 a of the fender panel 6 inserted into the groove 14 a is the lower end of the glass 13 of the fixed window 4. And so as to be arranged at substantially the same height position.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle fender panel fixing structure including a fixing window formed on a front pillar.

  In some four-wheeled vehicles such as passenger cars, a fixed window 4 is formed on the front pillar 3 as shown in FIG. Here, the front pillar 3 is formed obliquely at the front end edge of the opening 2 for getting on and off that is opened and closed by a front door (not shown), and a side body panel 5 is provided below the front pillar 3. And this side body panel 5 is covered from the outer side by the fender panel 6 which comprises the design surface.

  By the way, the upper part of the fender panel 6 has screw holes 11 and 12 formed in two places on the engine room 10 side and the opening 2 side of the vehicle body with fastening bolts 9 inserted through brackets 7 and 8 formed on the left and right sides thereof. In the vehicle 1 in which the fixed window 4 is formed in the front pillar 3, the fixing position of the fender panel 6 is separated from the front and rear of the fixed window 4. When the fender panel 6 between the fixed positions is pushed from the outside, there is a problem that the fender panel 6 is bent.

  Therefore, a method of preventing the bending of the fender panel by fixing the upper portion of the fender panel with a clip (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2) or adding a fastening bolt has been adopted.

JP 2008-164411 A JP 2009-298185 A

  However, if the upper part of the fender panel is fixed with a clip or a fastening bolt is added to prevent bending of the fender panel, the number of parts increases and the cost increases, and the assemblability of the fender panel deteriorates. was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the process is to flex the fender panel without incurring cost increase due to an increase in the number of parts and deterioration of the attachment and detachability of the fender panel. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle fender panel fixing structure that can be prevented.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a vehicle fender panel fixing structure including a fixed window formed on a front pillar, and a glass molding is attached to the periphery of the glass of the fixed window. A groove into which an edge of the fender panel is inserted is formed, the edge of the fender panel is inserted into the groove, and the edge is supported by the glass molding.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the groove is formed in the lower side portion of the glass molding downward along the vehicle front-rear direction, and the upper end edge of the fender panel has the It is characterized in that it is formed in a crank shape by bending upward a flange that is inserted into the groove through the lower side of the lip portion formed on the vehicle outer side than the groove toward the groove side.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the groove is formed on the vehicle outer side from the glass of the fixed window, and the upper edge of the flange of the fender panel inserted into the groove is the It is configured to be arranged at substantially the same height as the lower end of the glass of the fixed window.

  According to invention of Claim 1, the groove | channel where the edge of a fender panel is inserted is formed in the glass molding attached to the periphery of the glass of a fixed window, The edge of a fender panel is inserted in this groove | channel, and this Since the edge is supported by the glass molding, the edge of the fender panel can be supported using the existing glass molding without incurring a cost increase due to an increase in parts. Bending can be prevented. Further, since it is not necessary to add a fastening bolt to fix the fender panel, the assembling property of the fender panel is not deteriorated.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the crank-shaped flange formed on the upper edge of the fender panel is passed through the lower part of the vehicle outer side than the groove of the glass molding toward the groove side, thereby making the workability in the groove. Good and easy to insert. The crank-shaped flange increases the rigidity of the upper edge of the fender panel, and the external force applied to the fender panel from the side of the vehicle is transmitted to the glass molding through the rigid flange, which increases the support rigidity of the fender panel. It is done.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the groove is formed on the vehicle outer side than the glass of the fixed window, and the upper edge of the flange of the fender panel inserted into the groove is substantially the same height as the lower edge of the glass of the fixed window. Since it is configured to be disposed at the vertical position, an external force applied to the fender panel from the side of the vehicle can be received by the glass of the fixed window, and the support rigidity of the upper edge of the fender panel is enhanced. In addition, it is not necessary to increase the hardness of the glass molding in order to reliably receive the force, the assemblability of the glass molding and the fender panel is improved, and the elasticity of the lip (seal) of the glass molding is easily secured. As a result, the appearance around the fixed window is improved and the merchantability of the vehicle is enhanced.

It is a right view of a vehicle front part provided with the fender panel fixing structure which concerns on this invention. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the vehicle right front part which shows the conventional fender panel fixing structure.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a right side view of a front portion of a vehicle including a fender panel fixing structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

  A pair of left and right front pillars 3 rise obliquely upward toward the rear of the vehicle (left side in FIG. 1) at the front side edge of the opening 2 for getting on and off that is opened and closed by a front door (not shown) of the vehicle 1 shown in FIG. The front pillar 3 incorporates a substantially triangular fixed window 4 along the longitudinal direction of the front pillar 3. A side body panel 5, which is a sheet metal press-molded product, is provided below the fixed window 4, and the side body panel 5 is covered from the outside by a sheet metal fender panel 6 constituting a design surface. .

  By the way, the upper part of the fender panel 6 is fixed to the vehicle body by the structure shown in FIG. That is, brackets 7 and 8 which are attachment points to the vehicle body are integrally formed at the front and rear ends of the upper portion of the fender panel 6, and the fastening bolts 9 inserted through these brackets 7 and 8 are connected to the engine room 10 of the vehicle body. The two upper portions of the fender panel 6 are fixed to the vehicle body by tightening in the screw holes 11 and 12 formed at two locations on the side and the opening 2 side, respectively. And the tightening location on the engine room 10 side is covered with the hood, the tightening location on the opening 2 side is covered with the front door, and there is no need for a member that covers the tightening location separately. Improvements are being made. However, in the vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment in which the fixed window 4 is incorporated in the front pillar 3, the width of the front pillar 3 in the front-rear direction is increased, and the fender panel 6 on the engine room 10 side and the opening 2 side. As described above, there is a problem that the fender panel 6 is bent when the fender panel 6 is pushed from the outside because the tightening and fixing position is separated.

  The fixed window 4 is bonded and fixed to the front pillar 3 by applying an adhesive on the back side of the peripheral edge thereof. Here, the peripheral edge of the transparent glass 13 of the fixed window 4 is edged by a glass molding 14 made of an elastic body such as rubber to close the gap with the vehicle body panel. However, as shown in FIG. On the lower side of the glass molding 14 attached to the lower edge, a groove 14a having an inverted V-shaped cross section is formed on the opposite side of the portion into which the glass 13 is inserted along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (the vertical direction in FIG. 2). Has been. Specifically, the cross-section inverted V-shaped groove 14a is opened outward along the glass surface of the glass 13, and more specifically, the opening direction is formed downward. A tongue-shaped lip portion (seal portion) that contacts a crank-like upper edge of a fender panel 6 to be described later and closes the gap with the fender panel 6 is located on the vehicle outer side of the groove 14a of the glass molding 14. 14b is integrally formed.

  On the other hand, the upper edge of the fender panel 6 has a crank-like cross section. Specifically, the upper end edge of the fender panel 6 is bent from the design surface toward the center of the vehicle and passes below the lip portion 14b from the vehicle outer side to the center side, and a contact portion with which the tip of the lip portion 14b contacts. A flange 6a is formed that is bent upward from the front end of the vehicle center side of the contact portion and is inserted into a groove 14a having an inverted V-shaped cross section. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper edge of the fender panel 6 passes below the glass molding 14 on the vehicle outer side toward the groove 14 a side than the groove 14 a formed in the glass molding 14. A flange 6a inserted into the groove 14a is bent upward and formed in a crank shape.

  Thus, the upper portion of the fender panel 6 is fixed to the vehicle body by fastening with the fastening bolts 9 at the front and rear portions of the front pillar 3 by the fixing structure shown in FIG. Is supported by the glass molding 14 by being inserted into the groove 14a of the glass molding 14 from below as described above. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, a groove 14a is formed in the glass molding 14 on the outer side of the vehicle with respect to the mounting location (the glass holding shape formed in the groove shape) of the glass 13 of the fixed window 4. Further, the glass holding groove and the groove 14a into which the flange 6a is inserted have an upside-down relationship, but the inner wall of the glass holding groove and the inner wall of the groove 14a into which the flange 6a is inserted. The vertical positions of the parts are substantially the same height. That is, the upper end edge of the flange 6 a of the fender panel 6 inserted into the groove 14 a is disposed at substantially the same height as the lower end of the glass 13 of the fixed window 4.

  Thus, according to the fixing structure of the fender panel 6 according to the present embodiment, the groove 14a into which the upper edge of the fender panel 6 is inserted is formed in the glass molding 14 attached to the periphery of the glass 13 of the fixing window 4. And, since the flange 6a formed at the upper end edge of the fender panel 6 is inserted into the groove 14a and the upper end edge of the fender panel 6 is supported by the glass molding 14, without increasing the cost due to an increase in parts, The upper edge of the fender panel 6 can be supported by using the existing glass molding 14, and the bending of the fender panel 6 can be prevented by this support. Further, since it is not necessary to add a tightening bolt for fixing the fender panel 6, the assembling property of the fender panel 6 is not deteriorated. Further, the upper end edge of the inserted fender panel 6 is held by the groove 14a of the glass molding 14, so that the positioning of the glass molding 14 and the fender panel 6 is improved, and the appearance quality is improved.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the crank-shaped flange 6a formed on the upper end edge of the fender panel 6 is passed through the lower portion of the vehicle molding outer side than the groove 14a of the glass molding 14 toward the groove 14a. 14a can be easily inserted with good workability. Further, since the rigidity of the upper edge of the fender panel 6 is enhanced by the crank-shaped contact portion and the flange 6a, an external force applied to the fender panel 6 from the side of the vehicle is transmitted to the glass molding 14 through the highly rigid flange 6a. As a result, the support rigidity of the fender panel 6 is increased.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the groove 14a of the glass molding 14 is formed on the vehicle outer side of the glass 13 of the fixed window 4, and the upper edge of the flange 6a of the fender panel 6 inserted into the groove 14a is the fixed window. 4 so that the external force applied to the fender panel 6 from the side of the vehicle can be received by the glass 13 of the fixed window 4 through the glass molding 14. The support rigidity of the upper end edge of the fender panel 6 is increased. And since it is not necessary to raise the hardness of the glass molding 14 in order to receive force reliably, while the assembling property of this glass molding 14 and the fender panel 6 is improved, the lip | rip part (seal part) 14b of the glass molding 14 is improved. Thus, it is possible to easily ensure the elasticity of the vehicle 1 and to improve the appearance of the periphery of the fixed window 4 and improve the merchantability of the vehicle 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 3 Front pillar 4 Fixed window 5 Side body panel 6 Fender panel 6a Fender panel flange 7, 8 Bracket 9 Tightening bolt 13 Fixed window glass 14 Glass molding 14a Glass molding groove 14b Glass molding lip

Claims (3)

A fender panel fixing structure for a vehicle including a fixing window formed in a front pillar,
A glass molding is attached to the peripheral edge of the glass of the fixed window, a groove into which the edge of the fender panel is inserted is formed in the glass molding, and the edge of the fender panel is inserted into the groove to connect the edge to the glass molding. A vehicle fender panel fixing structure characterized by being supported by a glass molding.   The groove is formed in the lower side portion of the glass molding downward along the vehicle front-rear direction, and the upper edge of the fender panel is grooved below the lip portion formed on the vehicle outer side than the groove of the glass molding. 2. A fender panel fixing structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a flange that passes toward the side and is inserted into the groove is bent upward to form a crank shape. The groove is formed on the vehicle outer side of the glass of the fixed window, and the upper edge of the flange of the fender panel inserted in the groove is disposed at substantially the same height as the lower edge of the glass of the fixed window. The vehicle fender panel fixing structure according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle fender panel fixing structure is configured as described above.

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